3,777 children convicted in the last seven years
3,777 children convicted in the last seven years
Turkish Minister of Justice Sadullah Ergin stated in his reply to a parliamentary written question that Turkish High Criminal Courts have tried 8,828 children and convicted 3,777 of them in the last seven years.
According to the Ergins answer which exposed the figures of the people tried at high criminal courts and specially authorized courts since the abolishment of state security courts (DGM), 209,750 people were tried at high criminal courts between the years 2004 and 2011 and among them 8,828 were aged under 18. Within the same period, the courts convicted 137,692 people among whom 3,777 minors, the Minister of Justice said.
Referring to the figures before the year 2004, Ergin notified that state security courts had tried 32,863 people, including 903 minors, in 11,174 cases opened in 2002 and 2003. Among those tried, 13, 619 people were convicted, included 222 children aged under 18.
According to the Ergins answer which exposed the figures of the people tried at high criminal courts and specially authorized courts since the abolishment of state security courts (DGM), 209,750 people were tried at high criminal courts between the years 2004 and 2011 and among them 8,828 were aged under 18. Within the same period, the courts convicted 137,692 people among whom 3,777 minors, the Minister of Justice said.
Referring to the figures before the year 2004, Ergin notified that state security courts had tried 32,863 people, including 903 minors, in 11,174 cases opened in 2002 and 2003. Among those tried, 13, 619 people were convicted, included 222 children aged under 18.
